Just a thought.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

For weapons to sell more and at higher prices, the preconditions are more tensions around the world and more risk of war, so there will be a growing, expanding market for weapons.

The more conflict-ridden the world becomes, the more reason there is for the US to expand its arms exports and increase its military deployments worldwide.

To whom and how much the US sells weapons will, on the one hand, increase regional tensions and, in turn, spur further purchases.

According to SIPRI Yearbook 2022, current US arms policy and practice too often fuel war rather than deterring it. Roughly two-thirds of current conflicts - 34 out of 46 - involve one or more parties armed by the US.

The Beast..

The big arms manufacturers profit enormously from wars and other armed conflicts, athough never acknowledged by U.S. political leaders.

In fact, without continuous and prolonged warfare that requires the deployment of their guns, bombs, tanks, warships and submarines, they would go out of business.

The American military budget is $886 billion. It is four times more than China’s military budget, and 10 times bigger than Russia’s budget. In total, the United States spends more on “defense” than the next nine countries combined.

Is it defending democracy, our freedom, weapon of mass destruction. or human rights?May be it is feeding the beast within ....